Former England winger Chris Waddle has launched a savage attack on Theo Walcott.
According to Waddle, a pundit for BBC Radio Five Live for England's win over Egypt on Wednesday night, the Arsenal forward does not possess a football brain and hasn't developed his game since his 2006 transfer from Southampton to the Emirates.
"People keep saying he's young but Wayne Rooney understood the game at 16, 17," Waddle told The Times. "I've never seen any difference in Walcott since he was at Southampton and broke into the team at a very young age.
"I've never seen him develop. He just doesn't understand the game for me - where to be running, when to run inside a full back, when to just play a one-two. It's all off the cuff.
"I just don't think he's got a football brain and he's going to have problems. Let's be honest, good defenders would catch him offside every time. I just don't know whether he studies the game, learns the game, or what. He's at a great club where they play fantastic football week-in, week-out, and I'm just surprised he's never developed his game.
"I'm surprised Walcott was in the squad. He doesn't play a lot of football, he hasn't done anything. he hasn't done anything for a long time and I think Croatia was a one-off."
Here here Mr W, totally agree!!
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